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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03
Europe

The Congressional Library Building
when completed will be the largest
structure in Washington with the ex-
ception of the Capitol, and will cover
1l1,000 feet of space. 1t will cover
about 1000 feet more than the new
State, War and Navy building. about
II 900 feet more than the British Mus
cum Library, about 1900 feet more
than the Royal Library of Bavaria, and
about 100G feet more than the new
German Parliament building.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

Miss Frances E. Willard suggests
that the women of the United States
should purchase Whittier's old home
and keep it beautiful to his memory.
Whittier was peculiarly the poet If
women, and it is probable that any
sum necessary to carry ont Miss Viii
lads suggestion could be easily col
lected for them.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

General Butler is reported as having
told Kansas City reporter that when
he was a young man he was examined
for an appointment as a department
clerk and came across this question !:
"What states and territories would you
cross in going from New York to the
Pacific coast 20 He didn't know, and
so he wrote: None; L would go
around by Cape Horn"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

The figures of 1887 ale the result of
the state census which was completed
the first of March of the present year,
SO that it is no doubt falling below the
mark to put her population today at
100000, We believe the history of
the world viii be searched in vain for a
parallel to this marvellous growth of a
nation or commonwealth in the brief
period of quarter of a century, Ohio
State Journal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

The Bachelors club OF Venango.
Neb., has concluded to dissolve and
sacrifice itself for the good of the
county. The members publicly an
nJunce that they are weary of their
lonely lot, aud the long winter evenings
possess no charm for them unless the
eligible and anxious in the east respond
at once and secure home and bus
band with one shot. The Venango
Argus, which will take care Of the cor
respondence. says: Respond, ladies
you may catch good husband out of
this lot if you are lucky. If you don't
want to marry don't write,'
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

Colonel Thomas PeterhOuse Ochiltree
ranks as one of the most famous
smokers in the world, having smoked
with the Prince Of Wales, Gambetta.
President GIevy, President Grant.
Bismark, Emperor William, the Prince
of Monaco, king Kalakaua, the king
of Portugal, the king of Belgium, Tew-
fix Pashaw, and many other notables
met during his extraordinary tours in
Europe.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03
SHEREFF'S SALE.

TTNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER
~ Of sale. issued by the Clerk OF tue District
court OF Dickinson County, state OF Kansas. in =
caUse pending therein, wherein Samuel H. we
Is plaintiff, ana j. L Eggett Elizabeth Il. LigEe,t.
). Il. Brady and A. b. Dewolf are defendants, /
will on
Monday, November Z, a. D. 1857.
at the front door of the c0urt ho1se in the city OF
Abilene, couaty OF Dickinson state OF Kansas
at 20 o'clock A. NJ OF said day, sell TO the highest
bidder for cash. the following real estate low IL:
The northwest quarter OF section No four A. in
township No. fifteen (l5) south oflange Ma. three
~ east OF the SIKH principal meridian in Dick
iIson county state OF Kansas.
The said TeIl estate will be sold pErSu-
ant 10 the judgment Of the court ia idc4use re-
cited in said order OF sale.
Witness lay hand this Sd day OF october, A.
D. 1881 J. }. MILLER,
7-5t Sheriff OF Dickinson county, KaS.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

John Barnard, now living in Water
town, Dakota, was the first theatrical
manager to give matinee performances.
They were given in Barnum's museum
at Ann street and Broadway. when
Banvard was managing that institution
for the Scudder estate. AIr. Barnum
bought the museum for $4,000, paying
for il in installments.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

The advent of an infant daughter to
the family of Mr.. de ReutersklOld, min
lister of Norway and Sweden in Wash
ington, has created a sensation in
diplomatic society there. The little
strangers mother, attractive in appear
ance and manner, is favorite at the
national capital, and was godmother TO
Dorothy Payne Whitney last spring.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

4 Texas lawyer does an immense
business according to the business card
in local paper. The card reads: ~
attend to all business in the State and
federal courts" This must make it
difficult for the other lawyers to gain a
livelihood Texas Siftings.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

The state of Tennessee furnishes the
most original banners and Transparent
cies in the course of the Presidential
trip. Here are some of them: Our
Grover; he has filed the bloody
chasm." Sheriff, 1871 mayor, 1875;
governor, 1882; president, 1884: ex-
celsior, 1885," Our president; the
first that paid his fare There are
no flies on us. Mr.. President"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03
Saturday, December 3cd, 4. D. 1887
Publication Notice.

In the District Court within and for the County
OF UchInsOn in the ~tate Of haHslS.
Joan II. Rand, Plaintiff, vs.. Edward Bell and
Linda NJ. Bell Defendants.
EDWARD Bel ana Lin1a II. Bell VIII take notice
that he said Joan II Rand. p'aintiG, III . on me
18th day 0f February 1851, fle ner petition il. ad
District Court, wItGIn ana for the comfy of lex
ip>QD In the State Of Kansas. against the gaid
Etwa,d Bell aid Linda ii. Ben q, leHuaIis, Az.
that tue said Edward Bell end LinI' n Bell
must anSW'r said petition fled as al.rrsa,I, on
Or before the 3ri day OF December, 1885,, or said
peJlt'Cn VIII be taken as true, and a judgment
Edward Den aud Lindl 81. Bell for the SSH OF
fifty dollars, with Interest thereon al the rare Oc
j. reT Cen,. er annum Fl ON the 2Sh day Ot AurIl.
1876, and for costs of shit; aud Il further iuJg-
tncnt against fi1 dff"naautS Edward Bell n.
Linda Nj. Bell for the foreclosure Of d certain
mortgage upon the following DESCRIBED real
eS,I'r, to-wt: east half OF the -Outhwest quarter
OF section No. rht' ty-iOui 90 IN township 10.
sixteen 81 range No threr 81 east, 81. Zee. 10
first ANA prior mortgage for five hundred 81 %
dollars aud interest AZ - pr ceur. thereon 6aiL
land wing aud situated in Tie county ai Die III
son In the stare Of Kansas, and aGiu gi.g that
said p!ainill nave the frs len on said premises
10 The amount for which jgugnent VIII De taken
as aforesaid. and ordering saij premises TO be
sold without appraisemeHT, and the proceeds lp-
piled 10 the payment o. the amount due piaiUtih
and costs Ot sult ana forever barring and fore
closing Id defendants, md each o. tlcm Of nd
from all right, title, estate, interest. properly
and equity OF redemption, in OF to salu premises
or any pat thereof
[sEALl JOHN SirINEY,
Attorney for Plaintiff
ATTEST: NJ. '. BRILLHARI, Cleik 9-2t
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

Cleveland will never let a financial
panic result from the boarding of
money in the treasury, if it is in his
power to prevent it.-Topeka Capital.
This is great deal more than a
Republican President did in lS72-'7S.
If Cleveland can avert financial panic
in spite of Republican legislation, be
will deserve well of the country. Elk.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

A little pamphlet advocating a new
system of condensed printing, states
it costs the London Times 81, 500 year
to use the superfious ''u''in the English
spelling of such words as favour, colour,
endeavour, ETC., counting material,
labor and space at advertising rates.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

Geo. William Childs has not lost
faith in Shakespeare. He has just pre-
sented beautiful memorial fountain
to Standardization, and dedicated it
to the memory of the great poet.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

7 NIL. A',D b VIRTUE or ~ OHrEE
y ~ s-.e i-s.tl ir -Ee C,-EE @ -he D.s1ic.
Court u. D',Aireon county. state ri Eep~os. ~ :
cause pending -htIeiI=, Vas:e.l LYDIA = Aii,-
Ne.i1an AID sarah a. WA.,e, arc Dcf-nlanJs.
wil' On
Saturday, November 18th, s. .. 1857,
AZ the front door OF the court house. In the ciy Of
Abilene, County Of Dickinson. STATE Of Kansas
az ID 0 clock a m Of said day sell 10 The highest
bidder for cash :he following real estate to-wir:
the south hslf OF section nineteen 90. = town
ship sixteen g. south OF range THREE q east ~
the sixth (5) P. VI. IN Dickinson COUNT state Of
Kansas. 1he said real estate viii be >OiG pur-
susnt to the judgment of the Court in said
cause recired in said order Of sale.
witness my hand this oh day Of Oct, \. u.
1887.
J. !. MILLER
SIT Sheriff of Dickinson I,nnrtr
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

Castor beans is one of the successful
Kansas crops of which mention is
seldom made. 1t is apt to come into
prominence now by the organization of
a company in NeoshO county for the
manufacture of castor oil.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

Miss Nellie King is the crack detec-
tive of Minneapolis. She is only 20
years old, but she has achieved dis
tinctiOn as thieftaker. She recently
went out to Frankfort, Oak, and
worked out one of the biggest land
cases of the wear,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

a Camden, n. j., minister has been
assaulted for not paying particular at
tention to the wife of one of his par
ishiOners. 1t seems pretty hard on the
ministers if they are going to be pun
ished whether they do or whether they
don't. Boston Club.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

London has great problem. 1t has
$500 600 people unable to get into
place of worship. In central London,
of 2,OOO,OO there are only accommo-
dations for 100000.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

The smallest church in England is
old St. Lawrence, two miles west of
Ventor. The church, with recess
chancel, is about IS feet in length. The
wall of the nave is less than six feet
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

Minneapolis people say that the name
of young Haskell, of the Tribune,
should be written Haskell. He is said
to have penned the Objectionable
editorial, for which Blethen was burned
in effigy.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

4 Boston paper says a man from the
backwoods recently went home and
told his folks that Queen Anne owned
nearly all the houses in the suburbs OF
that city.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

The Methodists of Ohio cali enter
into the campaigns this fall with loud
and fervent ''amens." The Repub-
Iican, Democrat and Prohibition can
didates for Governor are all Method
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

An original farmer of Michigan de-
clares that the soil is so poor where he
lives that ''if one tried to raise two
whippoorwills to the acre one would be
a cripple. Macon Telegraph.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

Never too old to learn Queen Vic
toria is making such progress in her
study CT Hindostan that she is able to
give orders in that language TO the two
Indian servants in her service.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

Mrs. Ada Bittenbender, who is max
ing an active canvass for Judge of the
Supreme Court of Nebraska, is the first
woman ever nominated for a seat on
the bench, and the only lady lawyer in
fho Stofo
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

Man is born with his hands clenched;
he dies with them open. Entering life
he desires to grasp everything leaving
the world all that he possessed has
slipped away.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

Henry Wilson, once vice-preSident OF
the United States, was shoemaker by
trade, and the cobblers CT Natick are
about to erect monument to his mem
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

Thirteen babies were born in Newton,
this state, in one day lately. This is a
Kansas crop that never fails.
"Of all the crops the farmer raises,
None brings such comfort and such praises,
As crops OF girls and boys"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03
SHER FFo SALE

TTNDER AND BY VIRTUE or AN ORDER
~ of sale issued 10y the clerk OF the District
Court Of DickilsOn County, state OF IL rs3s. - q
cause pending therein, wherein E. G. Tyler, is
Plaintiff, and JAMES l.. Kirby. Lucy J. Kirby, =.
e. Henry, Joseph SlckaI5, 7. - Henry ana
George W. Carpenter, partners a. +. G. Henry u
Company, G. Hoffman and G. B. t0fflan pert
ners Is c. BofTUn y son, Catherine =. Hoffman,
j l.. EoDebTake, the kHISas Farm Mortgage Com
paHy, City National Bank Of Hartford, Connect
cut. are Defendants. l Nill, on
Saturday, December 3rd, 4. D. 1897,
at the front door of the court house. IN The CITY Of
Abilene, Oanty OF dickinson. State CT Kansas,
al IL O'Clock q. OF said day sell 20 lie highest
bidder ieT cash, rEe following Iea, estate tO-0IJ:
The northeast quarter Of Lhe S8iJsVtS; qu&gjeF.
and The east bal; OF the northwest guurte tXJ pr
the lorhwesJ ten GcT.s in the northeast qu,tit eg
OF the northwest quarter 0I sectiJn Usnber
twenty oEe (2l) III 10" nslip eleven III sOuJl 4
range three o. east Of the d =. NJ, Combining
10 acres more or less, I'm Dickinson COUNTY safe
OF Kansas. he I'D real estate viii he sold ;sIr-
SuaDT 10 thC judgment OF the court IL said t3USe
Iecited in SAID orJe- or sale.
Witness my hand this 22ud day 0? October,
A. ID. 1881. ). j MILES,
lG-5t Sheriff of Dickinson coanty, Kan.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

An exchange advises all Kansas
people who have the California fever to
90 at once, so that they can return home
in time for spring blowing.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

There is no royal road to health !;
Princess Beatrice, of England is re-
ported to be a terrible sufferer from
rheumatism.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

Edmund Texire, the French journal
ist and the translator of 'Uncle Toms
Cabin" is dead. He was II years Of
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

The circus clown is going sat #
fashion His jokes are wcTl ECO thread
bare g. b pTesen'atIe.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

At . recent Wedding IL Scranton,
Pa, the parents OF tie couple acted as
bridesmaids and grOomsmPn.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03
Kansas takes care Of nearly IL, 600 in
sane people.

Governor E. j. Ormsbe, of Vermont,
is the typical Brother Jonathan In ap-
pearance.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was I Child she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-25

pointed Waite. and no better choice
was ever made for such a position.
Waite accepted the position. and l un-
derstand that he shows no indications
of intending to retire from it now"
His home in Washington is n wide
brown stone building of three or four
stories, on 1 street. between fourteenth
and fifteenth. H lives well and
often gives dinners to his fellow judges
and the other noted people Of WASH
ington society. He has entirely re-
covered from his illness Of year or 50
ago. and he appears to be able to stick
to the Supreme bench as long as life
sticks to his bones He is already eli-
gible to retirement but like other Of
bis fellow septuagenarians of the Su-
preme Court he prefers to earn his
salary to having the Governments PEN
sion him at the rate of $4,000 year.
He wears his seventy years exceed
ingly we'll His eye is bright and
his step is firm. and the wrinkles in
his dark square face are few. His
beard is, however, beginning to grow
gray and his black hair is already
tinged with bright silver. He makes an
excellent Chief Justice. and the integri-
ty of his decisions has never been ques-
tioned.-Frank G. Carpenter in Wash
inytoS Critic.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-25

till the natural spread Of her figure
had been ruthlessly jammed DOWN
ward.
However. for the sake of argcment
we will say they don't lace; but they
do press ON all those soft muscles
about the organs of life. an unyielding
of bone and steel. that takes all tho
strength away by supplying artificial
support
Tie your arm up in sling for six
months and see how helpless it will be,
and do you think their stomachs and
livers can bear the stiff pressure of .
corset with out harm?
''Ohr say host of voices. one after
another. Il can't live without my
corset! The minute l leave it off I am
Just as weak as kitten; all gone; I
can hardly sit up!''
They have told the story now! They
have disabled themselves; they have
ruined the wonderful work of God in
their bodies, and the result, the har-
vest, is fearful; their interior organs
are all forced out of place, crowded.
weakened, congcstcd. Then to all this
they add high-heeled shoes. Possibly
they do not know that the most deli
cate organs in their frames are only
kept in place by muscular attachments.
hung. as it were. on the edge of those
wonderful muscles that do the work of
life; when they wear high heels they
throw those muscles forward. where
they do not belong; they produce dis
placement. Do you know that means
one kind of torture? That grows into
liberation; another anguish; and their
lives, their usefulness, their comforts.
are all ruined.
Now, when these are gone what can
money do for them? what help is mar
riage? sickly wife, helpless moth
er. Will clothes, however gorgeous,
alleviate back-ache? or assuage dys-
pepsia? Will education do their all
ments one particle Of good? No! not
one atom. Let them learn to live in
fresh air, open their windows. wear
flannel night-gowns, and take a jug of
hot water to bed if they are cold; but
at night open the windows, and air all
their clothes and their room daily.
Eat simple. wholesome food; wear
homeless waists and button their skirts
on to them; be rosy, happy and healthy.
a comfort to everybody else as well rs
themselves.-Rose Terry Cooke, tn H.
Y. Mail and Express.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-25
Co-Education Of the Sexes.

At the recent semi-centennial Of the
University of Michigan. President An
CELL spoke. thus of the results Of the
admission of women to the university:
Hundreds of women have availed
themselves of the privileges offered
them here. and have gone forth. sew
cral of them to foreign lands. rs mis-.
sionary teachers or missionary physi-
clan. many to various parts of our
country as teachers in high schools.
academies and colleges, and the ress to
various stations in professional, official
and domestic life, Itch women Of
culture arc fitted to occupy. The sue
cess of the experiment was very infu.
entail in opening to women the doors
of many colleges in this country. and
was not without effect abroad"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-25
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

EMMA ETHERIDGE BARLOW, of Cold
water, Mich, has completed the stu
dents regular law course of study.
Miss CARRIE I. ADs1rr obtained the
prize of the Cornell free scholarship,
ut the examination held there recently.
Miss HANNAH ELLIS LEAvITr, of
Skowhcgan, won the honors in the re-
cent contest for the best English essay
by the junior class of Maine State Col
lege, OronO, class consisting of
twenty-three gentlemen and one lady.
Mrs. HENRY WOOD. the authoress,
bequeaths $4,000. in equal shares, to
her children. Her son is appointed
her literary executor. and is given dis
erection to control the publication or
republication of her writings. Her
copyrights and manuscripts arc not to
be sold.
Miss LUELLA j. MOORE, of Denison,
Tex, one of the graduates of the Kan
sas State University this year, was
president of the day. The graduating
class this year is larger than ever be-
fore turned out by the university. there
being twenty-four graduates - eight
young ladies and sixteen young gentle
men.
Mrs. HANNAH STONE, the oldest
resident of Worcester. Mass. who died
recently. was born at Dorchester. Au-
gust 81, 1887. She married Samuel
Stone in 1906. and lived at Eden, VT,
for the next fifteen years. She was
left widow in 1920, with six small
children. Her descendants, to the
fifth generation. are living in Vermont.
DIR. MARY H. HOBART. of Boston,
a graduate Of the class Of 1885 of the
Woman's Medical College Of New
York. and later, for year, at the New
England Hospital. sailed, June 25, for
Antwerp. en- route for Zurich, for a
two-years' course of medical study.
On her return she will locate in Bos-
ton. The good wishes Of hosts of
friends follow her.
KANSAS gave municipal Suffrage to
women. That was the first step. Now
the State University, following in the
line of recognition of women. has ap-
pointed Miss A. L. Morrow 10 the po-
sition of Preceptrcss. This lady has
had large experience As teacher, both
in this country and in the Argentine
Republic, whittier she was sent on a
request of that Government for one Of
the best teachers in this country. She
was made principal of the Government
Normal School During her stay in
South America, she acquired great au-
cncy in the Spanish language. which
she will teach in the Kansas Universe
ty. When this college moves little
further. it will have women professors
and trustees. W0man'S Journal
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-25
AGREEABLY SURPRISED.
Col0red Philosophy ss Applied to = Gros
Water. Melon.

Colorod Philosophy - Applied to Gross
W1ter-M0lOn.
''IIere. you boys" he called to hak
4 dozen negro whitewashcrs as he
came out Of the city vegetable market
with = watermelon in his arms.
The men gathered around him im-
mcdiately and he continued:
Take THE melon ~ present from
me and retire to some shady spot to
discuss it As you devour it re,nem-
Der that honesty and industry are cer-
tain to be rewarded"
It was handed to the old patriarch
of the clan. and the crowd retired to
an alley of Bates street with fond
anticipations. When the knife was
used the melon turned out to be as
green rs q cucumber, and one Of the
disappointed men asked:
Reckon dat white man knowed it?"
''Sahr' replied the patriarch as he
ED up the plug" to view. dis
proves dat he knowed 1t all de time.
When he spoke about industry !
'spected ne had dosed de melon wild
jalap. When he got along to honesty
reckoned he had loaded it wild dyn-
amite. 1t turns out dat he only picked
out de Grecnest one he could find. an
We will now thank de Lawd and pitch
II. "-Detr0it Free Press.